So we are through with week one of nit having cable.  We decided to cancel it because it was just an expense not worth paying for since we hardly watch it.  Tony NEVER watched it and lately Nicki has mostly been on her computer.  I am home all day and still never watched it much.  It was mostly background noise.  I certainly don’t miss those mesothelioma commercials or commercials in general.  I hate them.  I hardly EVER watched a show real time.  I would record it on the DVR and then watch it just after the show ended so I could fast forward through the commercials.  The best part is since we are saving the money every month on cable, I can use that money to go to a gym.  No more pregnancies=time to get fit!

Tony had the day off today which was nice because I had to babysit today.  Since today is the holiday, Nicki was off school and then I had all 3 boys.  It was a crowded day in our house.  Well the kids did go outside for a bit, so that was good. 

We weren’t able to get the car that Tony was supposed to get from the lady at work.  Not sure if she changed her mind about giving it to us or what but she became cranky about it.  He asked if we could come by in the morning to get it and she started making excuses and such.  So now we are back to square one with needing to find a second car. 

We also had a doctors appt today.  All went well, apparently my problem I am having is normal.  That made me feel a little better.  Still sucks though.  He also asked if I was still taking my prenatal multivitamins,  I told him not anymore. 

We just got home and we are going to have some bbq pork sandwiches for dinner. The pork has been in the crock pot all day so I bet it is going to be really tasty.  Well off to finish dinner. 

Nicki is going to be 13 in a few short months.  I just can’t believe it.  I was looking through some pictures the other day of when she was a baby.  It seems like it was just yesterday and now she is in to boys and “pre-teen” things. 

This weekend she went to the skating rink twice, both Friday and Saturday night.  She is changing to much, the things she likes, how she talks and her looks.  Now she wants a flat iron for her birthday.  Her friend did her hair the other night with one and she absolutely loved it. 

To top it she should be getting braces in the next couple months.  She is getting the teenage acne, lol.  Thankfully it isn’t the acne nodules though.  Well I think she may have had one a while back because it never seemed to go away.  She seems to get it from being in school, putting her hands on her face a lot.  When she was out for Christmas break her face cleared up real nice. 

She wants designer clothes and expensive electronics.  I just wish I could freeze time.  Even lil Max is going to be 6 weeks tomorrow.  I just can’t believe it, it makes me sad!

WOW, yesterday was so busy.  I woke in the morning to have a meeting at Curves.  I am trying to decide which gym would be best for me both financially and for convenience.  I came home and we all went out to the post office and Walmart.  We had to mail our GPS back to the manufacturer because the files got corrupted.  They are sending us a new one well maybe a refurbished one. At Walmart we needed some baby items and oil and filter so Tony could do an oil change. 

Shortly after we got home my friend brought her kids over so I could babysit.  She went back to work about a week ago and so I watch her kids a couple days a week.  So total, including Nicki’s friend that came over after school I had 8 kids in the house. 

While we were all outside Tony did the oil change and then we both washed and detailed the truck.  The inside of the truck was so dirty and messy I couldn’t believe it.  There was all kinds of stuff in there, empty plastic cups, wind up flashlight, work clothes, garbage….you name it we probably had it in there, I am surprised we didn’t have any industrial hand wheels in there. It was a mess and I am just happy to have it cleaned out.  It has been “nice” the past couple days so we thought we would wash the car and get all the salt off of it.  By “nice” I mean 52 degrees, LOL! 

When we came inside between both Tony and I we made homemade chili, tortillas (so we could make breakfast burritos, yummy), bread, chocolate chip cookies w/out the chips (just the way I like them) and brownies (unfortunately they were boxed, they were on sale but incredibly delicious). 

Then I had to take Nicki and her friend to the skating rink and come home, finish dinner, bath the kids and put them to bed.  I passed out on the bed for about an hour before I had to go back and get Nicki at 11:30pm. 

I came home and Tony and I had brownies, cookies and ice cold milk while we watched a movie.  It was a great productive day.  I finally fell asleep around 1am and I slept really well until 6:30am when Tony got up for work.  Glad today will be relaxing.  LOL!

**ok so this may be TMI for some people but for others who may have had this done maybe I could get some feedback as to whether it’s normal**

It’s been almost 6 weeks since I had baby Max and I also had my tubes tied.  We decided to not have any more children and the best thing to do was tie my tubes.  I was an emotional and tough decision but it was the right thing to do. 

Thankfully I go to my doctor on Monday for my 6 week check up and I will ask him but it has been like I have had my “monthly friend” every day for the last 6 weeks.  I had a c-section.  I know when I had Nicki (which was natural) that it would be somewhat normal to bleed for that long but with a c-section I don’t remember it being so long.  The weird part is I may go a couple days without and then a day with and so on.  I don’t feel bloated and there is no cramping. 

I mean I hate it enough once a month when I would get my menstrual cycle but to have it almost non-stop for 6 weeks it’s annoying.  I am also going to tell him that I stopped taking my prenatal vitamins.  I am sure that has nothing to do with it but he wanted me to keep taking them for a while. 

I just wish it would stop, I hope at least the doctor can tell me it’s normal.

Well I can’t really say that truthfully, I mean my 3 lil ones keep me busy during the day but I do have the time to think about a lot and browse the internet quite a bit.  Tony and I spend a lot of time talking about what-if.  What-if we owned our own house and a bunch of land.  We talked about whether we could handle living in the house we are currently in forever. 

Before he and I got to really get in to the conversation and find out how much this house is worth and such I began day dreaming.  All the things I could do to the home to make it MINE.

Well for starters I would probably want some Cormar Carpets for all the bedrooms.  I hate the wood floors, mostly because they are falling apart and old, partly because I always felt bedrooms should have carpet. 

A couple months ago I was browsing online and saw these houses made of shipping containers.  In them they used a lot of recycled  and eco-friendly products.  Cork Flooringand cork tiles was one, they are eco-friendly, easy to maintain and hard wearing, all great qualities to have in flooring when you have 4 children.  LOL! 

I would also like some accessories to dress the house up with too.  Maybe some nice rugs or other decorations for the house. 

I mean no matter where we live we would like to have nice things and quality products.  I have never owned my own home and I am excited for the day to do so.  We have also talked about buying a fixer-upper so we would probably be starting from scratch, needing to replace all that stuff. 

Hopefully it won’t take us too long to purchase our own place.

As much as I love being pregnant and having children I am so happy these days not to be pregnant.  It was kinda funny the other day, I have pretty much been pregnant non-stop for the last 3 yrs and so the other day my stomach was growling or rumbling….I thought to myself is that the baby moving.  LOL!  I had to take a second thought and remember that I am not pregnant anymore. 

Some other reasons I am happy to no longer be pregnant is I got some of the worst sleep ever the last couple months of pregnancy.  Back then I could have used some of the best sleeping aids and still had a horrible night sleep.  I tossed and turned and tossed and turned and peed like 40 million times and oh man I was just miserable.  Now I wake up once in the middle of the night to feed the baby and then go back to bed.  I feel so rested when I wake in the morning. 

I also hated having to bend over and pick stuff up or walk up stairs.  Now I bend over and can’t believe how comfortable it is and how easy it is to walk up a flight of stairs. 

I had my tubes tied and was thinking last night about how fool proof it is.  I thought man as much as I would love to have another baby someday, I don’t EVER want to be pregnant again.  I just mentioned to Tony that if we want more kids we should have a surrogate mother and he thought that would be weird.  I thought no more weird than adopting, at least with a surrogate it would be our sperm and egg, our child.  I dunno.  Right now I see how expensive it is to have kids, 4 kids at that.  I would love to have more some day but knowing I can’t ever get pregnant is both a relief and sadness.  Right now I am just going to enjoy my peaceful, comfortable nights sleep.  LOL!